Daedae Hill: DB · Florida Atlantic · #6.
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Daedae Hill
Erases the deep middle of the field. Played for four head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Jim McElwain, Willie Taggart, Tom Herman and Chad Lunsford. On tape: 5 tackles against UConn, Week 4, 2024.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 27 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 33 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 38 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2021 | Central Michigan | 23 | 18 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Central Michigan | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 131 | 86 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 17 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-16@ Michigan State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-24vs Army | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-20vs Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-48@ UConn | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 41-10vs Wagner | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 37-41vs North Texas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-38@ UTSA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 15-18@ Temple | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-39vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 63-16@ Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 27 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
Week 14 · 2024
W 63-16
at Tulsa
1 interception · 3 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Dominant 47-point win on the road against Tulsa.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
19%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL27 tackles · 1 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
43.4%
349 pass / 455 run
Plays / game
67.0
12 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
372 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at Central Michigan and Florida Atlantic, 131 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jim McElwain, Willie Taggart and Tom Herman.
